The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-02 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. [FROM THE MORNING PAPERS Or TIIIS DAY.] titlornin g Post.] THE LATE QUEEN, &c. The Obsequies of her Majesty the late QUEEN, which take place this'eVening, naturally aurae!. 'universal attention. On every side the note of active preparation ill tfeard, and as the awful moment arrives which is to witness the perfor mance of the last sad rites which Religion pre scribes, and humanity can render, the manifesta tions of regret which time melancholy event was well calCulated to excite, become more apparent in all directions. It is unfortunately our lot, in this imperfect state of being, never duly to ap preciate the value of what we have had the hap piness to possess, till the mandate of time Most lligh dmiins us to deplore its loss. This is espe cially felt in the case of our late venerable Queen. The misjudg7d many, who are more captivated %yid} the inofusion of ostentation, than with time well regnlated (torts of that benevolence which is Prompt to " Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame," now learn front those whose gratitude was silent htlore, that the loss the nation has sustained in her death is as great as it is irreparable, and that Charity . most mike w ith Loyalty to deplore her fall ; though both rejoice in their tears, (hat she was not withdrawn front existence but in the ful ness of time, and after_a long clreer of almost unprecedented happiness and glory. Throughout the whole of ycstrrday the road to 11'indsor wore an appearance of bustle and acti vity almost without example, at least within , the memory of the present generation. Early in the martin i ; (lie Life Guards and detachments from other Regiments were seen proceeding towards that place. Numerous carriages of two and four horses were travelling in the same direction. Of these many proceeded no farther than Kew, where her Majesty lay in State, and which, early In the forenoon, was thronged with anxious Vi sitors, as it continued to be throughout the day. Great numbers of horses were also forwarded on the road for the Members of the Royal Pamily and others, who were to fall in with the Grand Procession when it arrived at Longford. This morning the Gentlemen of the Heralds' 'College will have all the stalls in St. George's Chapel ready for the reception of the Members of the Royal Family, the Nobility, and the Great Officers tif State, who are to occupy them in the - evening. The Arrangements in this respect, it is Understood, are the same as last year. A tempo rary porch will be erected at the entrance of the Chapel, which will be covered with black cloth. The Choir will be hung with black, as it was for the Princess, and it is expected the aisles of the great body of the building without the Choir will now be covered with the same funeral emblems, which, previous to the melancholy event to which we have so frequently to recur, from the little time that could be allowed fur preparation, the workmen were not able to accomplish. We yesterday stated that the remains of bet late Majesty were removed into tl►e Grand Dining Room at New Palace, for the purpose of lying in state. Every surrounding object was in perfect unison with the ►nelancholy occasion. The apart ment was %Own/ covered with black cloth. At the head of the coffin was placed a silk hatchment With her late Majesty's arms, on each side a silk escocheov, with the Royal arms, and near the top a crown on a cushion ; on each side were three pillars, of the height of the coffin, covered with black, and supporting large wax candles ; and round the sides of the t ootn were placed 44 wax candles, in white branches. The Anti or Coffee Room was fitted up in a similar manner. The.carriage entrance to the Palace was new gravelled, and for a considerable distance round the outsides of the gates were en closed with posts and ropes, and a narrow path separated by similar means for the departure of the company. About nine o'clock a guard of ho nour marched to the Palace, the Officers with crape scarfs, sashes, andscrape round the hats and caps ; the top of the colours were covered with crape, and the drums covered with black cloth, with the exception of those on duty ; the arms were piled on . the lawn in the front of the Palace, and the colours lowered. Townsend and Sayers, the ll3ow•street Officers, and Perry, the Const►►ble, with a party of the Patrol, were in attendance. • Mr. Mash, of• the Lord Chamberlain's Office, *as in attendance at an early hour to, direct the opening of the rooms for the reception of those who were favoured with tickets to view the lying in state. The company began to arrive about ten o'clock, front London and various parts of the country. At the temporary inclosure, the tickets were shown to the Bow-street Officers and Con stables. On the outside of the Palace-door were six Maishalmen, in their full uniforms, with black silk , scarts and sashes, crape sword-knots, and crape round the right arm also black silk hat bands. At the entranee:to the Palace were Mr. Gardener and Mr. Seymour, the, Grooms of, the Great Chamber, in black silk scarfs and hat bands, to receive the tickets. The company then passed through a short passage to the Hall, where the remains of her Majesty were lying in state, and the wax candles above described were lighted, which, in addition to the well-directed and stationary situations of the Royal Attend ants, gave the whole the most solemn and its• pressive appearance. The Dowager Countess of Harcourt, one of the, Ladies of . the Bedchamber to the late Queen, appeared as Chief Mourner, in which she was relieved by the Countess of Itches ter, another of the Ladies of the late Queen's Bedchamber. They were assisted by Thomas GOre and George Vincent, Esqrs. Gentlemen Ushers to the late Queen also by two Maids of Honour, and- two Bedchamber Women. The Ladies wore black crape veils, and the Gentlemen were in full court dresses. A guard of the King's body I:;uard, consisting of an Exon, a Yeoman Usher, and ten Yeoman of the Guard, were also in attendance. The Yoeman Usher received the company. Two of the Yeoman of the Guard were stationed at the front of the inclosure. The Exon . . . . cOndnated 'the company out, or- in case any re mained too long, he politely desired them to paSs on. The Anti-room was attended by Yaoineti of the Guard. _ . Mr. Nast, one of the Gentlemen of the 'Great Chamber, was in attendance to conduct the cnni pany out. On the company leaving the Palace they eh tered the pleasure-grounds, where two of the Marshalmen were in attendance to direct the corn pany out. Every person, on their ilepArture, ap peared deeply impressed with the solemnity ut the occasion. [Morning Herald.) KEW, TUESDAY NIGHT. This morning, at nine o'clock, a Guard of Ho nour, in full state-dress, from the first regiment of Foot Guards, tinder the command of Colonel Bar rows, marched into the Court of the Palace, and immed ately on their entrance, their colours wete lowered, and their arms filed on the open space, in front of the grand entrance. At the same time, a detachment of the'l9th Lancers were stationed in files, in the different approaches to the Pa lace, to regulate the setting down of the carriages. The opening of the ceremony was delayed nearly an hour beyond the time announced, by the non arrival of the Yeomen of the• Guard ; and it ap pealed, their delay eviss occasioned by the over turning, in Kensington►, of the carriage which was conveying them from St. James's Palace. At eleven o'clock, however, eves); tl►ing - ivas in full preparation, and the public, who were provided with tickets, were adunitted. _ _ Exactly at four o'clock the spectacle closed, but the whole of the assistants remain in atten chine till the Royal Corpse is filially removed from the Palace: The Princesses remained throughout the day in H state Of seclusion nt Cambridge llouse.-7- Their lthyal Itglinesses purpose leaving Kew on Thursday Mot ning for ‘Vindsor Castle. BIBLICAL ERRORS. FOIL THE SUS. LETTER 11. • Mu. Eorrou,--.Whoever reads the article in the Review of Mr. BELLAMY'S Translation of the will say that the writer of it was per suaded he knew the original language much bet ter than this Gentleman, who had employed thirty years of his life upon it. In considering the Work he has subjected the Author to censure or praise, according to the measure ut his own know ledge. The assumption is great, but its exercise is vain. Fair, liberal, and masterly criticism' is not without its use. It repels the attempts of igno rance, instructs rising genius, and encourages its maturity. It is the fortress of learning to keep out corruptions and spurious pretenders ; but when sour and shallow, though clothed in frothy language, rounded in periods, and tinselled. in words, it defeats itself, and is its own cOhdemna lion, affording nothing towards iinprovement, no. thing but. what gratifies the taste of malignity,. or the spleen of envy. The best Authors are the best Critics on themselves, which raises them above the criticisms of others, and sets them at a distance. They are not birds of prey, whose na tural inclination is for carrion. They arc men of deep education, brilliant minds, extensive read ing, and politeness. The strictures of' such Cri tics are welcomed with all the warmth of a good pupil, by the kind tuition of an esteemed pre ceptor. Turning now from a Review to your Corfes pondent SCEUTATOR, I found some relief for my surprise at the Critique on Mr. BELLAMY, in read ing his letter on the subject. From its beginning to its middle, 1 followed him in opinion ; but when he quitted the character of a Philosopher for a Faithster, and opposed the correction of scrip tural expressions, his letter dropt from my hand, and left me in disappointment. As if he were of the Warburtonian School, the latter part of his letter contained assertions without proof, and al together hypothetical. Riding upon IF and a PERHAPS, he is fearful Mr. BELLAMY will stagger his faith, and he charges him with the merit of making obsethe what was plain enough before. ‘Vould he use such language to Mr. BELLAMY'S face ? Surely, Sir, if this Gentleman prove able to stagger an idle or groundless faith, he will de serve the praises of all impartial and thinking men, to the scorn of his opponents, however they may tremble for the Ark, or, placing Dago') with it on the same altar, worship the one or the other, as best suits their interests or- onuenience.. These may haie some weight with fanatics, but none beyond a feather with seat cliersititer troth, who fear nothing in their road to it, thrOugh the mazes, bogs, and quicksands made by folly and vice, to blind the eyes of virtue. SCRUTATOR then says, that no part of the Bible now in use is absurd, which is essential to belief. Nothing is, nor ever wits so, to those who are d,sposed to believe any thing ; nor, on such a prin ciple, is any part of its English impure, because it is only historical, in the. vulgar tongue, and maybe as well in that book as any where else. With such reason it is in vain to reason ; .nor should I pay it the respect of this casual notice, but for the consideration of those Readers who can wait with becoming patience for the conn.le tiou of Mr. BELLAMY'S Translation, before they condemn it, and who can divest their minds of prejudice, before they give themselves the liberty to libel or to censure it. ~ (To be continued.l STACKHOUSE. The whole of the light cavalry,. particularly that veteran regiment, the 19th, so manyyeara on the Continent, are now learning the duty of lancers under the superintendence ►►f Major Pa• TERS, at HALL'S Riding-house in Park-lane. Yesterday morning a detachment of 550 men, belonging to the 52d Regiment, arrived at Lam beth on their route from France to Uxbi idge. Another detachment, equally numerous, will ar rive to-morrow. TO COMIESPONDENTs. IGNOisUII, CATIIOI.IC REDUCTION of 'hook's RATE:i,—and other Artieles, To-morrow. ruliEr.AL or THE lAT I Qthit N.--N business done it anli of the litit;lic Offices this day. MAILS. ARltivEn—l Dublin, I Waterford, I LeewAinds. DUE —I Sweden, 2 Ilambur6b. ifICH IVATkit A'l' LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORROW. Morning, 40 minutes after 6. I Evening . , 5 nimutes after 7. THE SUN. 80LENt cols DJcf.:RE FA LSUM MIDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNES -DECEMB E ISiS. It is some alleviation for the loss of a beloved QUEEN that her character is properly understood, and her memory deeply revered by the People at large, who know her virtues, and have profited by her example. The shops throughout the Me tropolis, with hardly an exception, are this day closed in respectful silence, and we dOuht not that the same honourable testimony of reverence for her character• is observed throughout the Empire. Ibis day her venerable remains are to be depo sited in the last earthly sanctuary, and we may presume to hope that she is now enjoying the re ward of her meritorious condoet in this worltl by an eternity of happiness in a better. The Paris Papers of Sunday last, which were due this morning, have not arrived. It has been stated that Sir llnnsoN LowE is not about to he recalled, and very properly asked why should he be ?—The Morning Chronicle com ments on this question to-day, and most impu dently accuses Sir HUDSON of " harsh and cruel conduct," though the very letters which that Pa per contains this day, and which we have copied into Tile SuN, proves the necessity of the utmost vigilance and caution on the part of Sir Human, to prevent the success of plots devised to effect the escape of his Prisoner. The Chronicle pro ceeds in its infamous attempts at ridicule, and says, that. Ministers '' seem hurt that people should im pute to them any thing that looks in the least like magnanimity, and even common humanity." Ab• surd and dttestable slanderer ! BUONAPARTE enjoys the luxury of a Prince, though he ought to have ex phited his enormities on a public scaffold. The Chronicle, with falsehood as well as folly, says, that BUON At'A " threw himself on the gene rosity of the Nation." lie was endeavouring to escape from the punishment which he . deserved in France, and if he could have reached America he would have used all possible efforts to injure this Country. Finding tire impossibility of escape, he per force submitted to the power of a Itriti3h vessel, and may think himself well off that he was not sent to France, that he might suffer the punishment due to his crimes, and his renewed usurpation of the Throne of his lawful Sovereign. A Deputation of Manufacturers waited on Viscount Smstou Tu a few days ago, in order to represent to his Lordship the great inconvenience that was generally felt in, the Metropolis and Country at large, in consequence of extended Court Mountings, and praying that the duration of such mournings, including the present, might be limited to six weeks. However respectable the Body might be, we do not con►►ider their applica tion as proper. If son►e branches of manufacturers endure a temporary suspension On s►ich melan choly occasions, they provide employment for others.. %Vitt: the usual courtesy and attention which matk the conduct of the Home Depart ment, the following answer was given to this equisition " Wbitehaq, 24th Nor. 18114. " Mr: Hobhouse presents his compliments to and is sorry to inform him, that it is ❑ut doemed consistent with the respect due to the Prince Regent's feelings, on the death of her eite Majesty, to insert in The Gazette, until after the funeral, any Authoritative Notice on the subject of the duration of the mourning. " Mr. 11. is nut without hope, that, after the interment, an Order will be made, which _will meet the wiilies of the Gentlemen who attended at Whitehall on Saturday last, even more effectually than the re-insertion of the Order of the 16th Nov. 1816.'1 ANTHONY PAsatmst.—This person, who once tnade himself much known by the bold scurrility of his writings, and who was by no means devoid of talents, but without the advantages of educa tion, died last week of a typhus fever at Brooklyn. His real name was JOHN WILLIAM'. His character and pretensions are fully developed in that admi • rattle Poem, The Maud, against the Publishers of which lie brought actions for defamation ; but ex tracts from his Works, of the most offensive de scription, having been read in Court, he was dis appointed in his hope of deriving pecuniary ad vantages by that measure ; and to escape front the law expences incurred, he went to America, from which lie returned in a tew years, and has since lived in obscurity. Yesterday morning early the PRINCE REGENT'S carriages left Carlton House for Windsot, pre vious to joining the. solemn procession this day. The litike of YORK left ton•n yesterday after noon, between two and do cc o'clock, for Oat lands. The Duke of CLARENCE gave a splendid enter tainment At Hanover on the 21st ult. which was attended by all the Royal and Illustrious per son4ges now at that place. The Wardens of the Tower were yesterday dressed in their long mourning robes, for the fir s t time since the death of her MAJESTY'. "", ,1? , "4.1" FUNERAL OP HER LA'Z'E IVIAJESTI. 0 1 ' This mot ning, at an early hour, the road ing to Kew presented a spectacle not ufter! Were nessed. Thousands of persons of all ranks ice. seen flocking to witness the last sad ceremo * eP From the excellent arrangements that ba d . be made, the Procession was enabled to move Pir tak cisely at the time appointed, 10 o'clock,. indg the route of Kew Midge, Brentford, L une° &C. to Frognmre, where his Royal Highn ess til t Puitics REGivr, and the other Male Branches the Royal Family, will join the Cavalcade, 81) proceed to Windsor. The road leading toiVintis°r bee was completely blocked up by the immens e nulu t of carriages, and it was with much difficult,' ibe the Military employed for the purpose of cleti,ri ll i ; the road for the passing of the ProcesSiou coa pet form their duty. S 1111) NEWS. The Lords Commissioners of the Addlitilvtif lIS VC lately given directions for two Brigs oftl'kl to be built at the New Dock-yard, l'eniblitia be hauled the Rey - hard and Zepitve.--Thir°;l lowing is a correct stmetnent of the Men 01.11 t now building , and ordered to be built, st 0.111 Yard : BUILDING. 00" . GUNS. W 11( . 11e10# . 74 taleon .. ...... : ... •' 10 17i g k.rd 46 Frolic ....... :•A•• '• 1 0 3,1,1411)1ms The 74, and one of the frigates, ready tube !attache "i hegianing of the ensuing year. 417 OEDLRED TO BE BUILT. 0 171 GUNS. 46 Vengeance Illmadryad Nereus . 4e Zephyr. .........; Thisbe Druid 'flie frame of several of these ships aheady cut o pt , seasoning. I ,', Ill' DEAL, DEC. I.—Arrived and sailed for tr•C e , Ver, the Pilot,• PaxTos, from the Isle 01 , -- v-o uiC" - I 10! / sailed 31st August, and from St. Bel e° October. el, lon n • PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—Passed Hp. C ' Or the Grant, MOFIATT, from Madras ; sengers here. < o ttirj , LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Lowe, from Calcutta. p i ' te e ; FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Arrived th e s o Charlotte packet, with Mails, from tire Leer Islands, last from St. Thomas's, in 4 2 . 8 GRAVESEND, DEC. I.—Arrived his jest': shi Pique from Jamaica. M 1.,F01i D HavEN, Nov. 29.—Sailed this e versill t- 4ilar d ''' p Sand; wich Packet with the mail for Waterford.—Put Simpso for n i G s , t r o i f i l r y T f i t ' j o r e i n e r l t s t e l d_ . Y i s:„ e a r i\ n p l d ( a . c h lt i l the L Frolic, for sloop of war, last from Plymoutir.—Sailed the O hn Hugh, for petnerara; Ardent,Jenkins; and Victory, front Liverpool. for Waterford; Ann, Young, f ur .13° and Flying Fish, oyd, Auckland Liaison. ope, A to a f it,r l:lE d i li p n l Humphreys, off Nov. 30.—The Packet is hourly expecte- eache, rive with the mail from Waterford, and the Mansfieldscrital wilt sail this afternoon with the mail thereto, lir ° 45 here by the coach frOm London.—The Lee sloop u f lust made her signal for putting for sett. THE Duke or GLOOCESTEK's 11.E1171114;„fe°' tiers have been received to delay the deP' 4l.... trd e ' his Royal Highness's horses ; and further tions have been sent to Colonels HOGlr4, Pdtf 6 iirl be t Cutlets. Neither of the above Gentlemen, 'll,ol'o' horses, are now to go to France. The P I " of er visit Paris in a few days, and his retu rn is " if lie peered to be protracted beyond Chtistruas'itoyol death of the Queen has altered all tits • ' Highness's plans. r et ar d i ll The Earl of LIVERPOoL's Family s aro to town in about ten days, when preparatinteno for • commence for the departure of the Conn e the Continent, in the hope of benefiti",i health. A new carriage has been built -0 • 0 1 ;1 1 0 proved principles. It is said that the y France, or Italy, will be selecte d ; and her ported that the Noble Earl sv ,ll aCeonlp o , l o se' Ladyship, as she has a great aversion cilet paration, however temporary, f rom ber cl‘c Lord. WEYMOLYTH, Nov. tion of t his Borough, was convened at the 0 t i l t Meetin of the M a yo 3 r, o.— Alt O le n rm l e S : le,danteogiaCAtr cr irsti hall, when an Address of Condolence, °II s' lamented demise of our late most exceilieness IfisTV, was voted to his Royal flig'Vf r Val PRINCE REGENT, be nresented by I . ` ": 1 1 and the Members of the town:—This `°Y affectionate Resolution will be followed bfro from- the inhabitants at large, as well as pieseli those of Portland, in t h e coarse of th e week. otvi" The Corn Exchange is clos ed this clay, to the Funeral of her late MAJESTY' erforiller Mr. C. Fl *II ER, a respectable Yucilt.,Prory-la a e and actor, who had been engaged Theatre, and who acquitted elf ro ivutinivio hims faction of the public, was induced to „ r „ . co a s e. his articles and return to th e counttyps "iiornitl6 . 1 1 4 quenee of the bitter conoventsrt l e _ o , of ' Paper, distinguished for the callous so! 1 0 3 .5 7 0 / cr,ticisms. IVliat must he the I:ed i t :root , i r e writer, it he reflects upon the disal'lT°. mo st 11 , and anxiety, which Mr. Flo"nounce ? t it sufiered before lie was iildneed to r e eso blit b fair hopes of gaining fame, tio" 11 situation on the London S ta g e ? of trl iwi c l : of " can there be such, and have they Pea" &IC P 8 far' N'i'e are sorry to bear that the o f• hounds kept by Wm. CtifiLiFF o, tonead— field, near Addinghrtin, had become re.n der ille d - t o fetecl with hydrophobias as t° sa y. s e, rtiction of the whole pack nccgs . • Herald.) .441 1 • I ctAN S t ""t lit bee, kii;